COMMENT | Why the establishment fears Sanusi

“You can’t destroy a populist like him with charges. He would only get more popular. The people see (Sanusi) as someone who dares to challenge the establishment.”

– Wong Chin Huat

COMMENT | If Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain’s claims is genuine, the implication that can be drawn from Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor’s arrest is he wanted to be detained in a time and place that gives him, maximum martyr status for his base.

Let us be very clear.

The mainstream political establishment fears the caretaker Kedah Menteri Besar, because he is an existential threat to their continued existence.

He is also a threat of their own making...